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New Data Highlight Risks to Children and Parents if Enhanced Marketplace Subsidies Expire
Marketplace subsidy enhancements which have been in place since 2021 are set to expire at the end of December 2025, and their fate is currently uncertain. Since 2014, when Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces were established, most Marketplace enrollees have received premium tax credits (PTCs) that make plans more affordable. In 2021, the American Rescue…
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Together, Medicaid and CHIP cover more than 4 in 10 young children in most metropolitan areas
After states faced funding shortfalls because of Congress’s failure to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) by its original September 30, 2017, deadline, Congress last week finally agreed to fund an extension of the program for six years. This agreement was much needed for the children whose coverage hung in the balance at pivotal…